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Ruth 3:17

New King James Version

17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

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American Standard Version

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

Christian Standard Bible

She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

English Standard Version

saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”

King James Version

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

New American Standard Bible

She also said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

New International Version

and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

New Living Translation

and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

World English Bible

She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”